Department of State Services (DSS) officers seized 21 AK-47 rifles, four machine guns and 825 magazines smuggled from Niger Republic in Goronyo, Sokoto State, on Tuesday, security sources said.
The seizure was made at Dawakawa in Goronyo Local Government Area, TVC News reported, citing security sources who said the smugglers used camels to move the weapons along remote routes to avoid surveillance. The DSS has not issued a public statement on it.
Goronyo lies on the routes between Niger Republic and Nigeria’s North-West, where armed groups continue to attack and kidnap residents. The weapons were suspected to be heading for those groups, TVC News reported.
A security source told Daily Trust that armed groups had turned to women couriers and camels to move weapons as interceptions increased, and that the DSS had tracked down a field commander allegedly tasked with causing violence around the 2027 elections.
Daily Trust also reported that DSS officers arrested a suspected female arms courier with 12 grenades and two ammunition belts in Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, earlier this week. It said she was the 14th suspected female courier the service had arrested since February 2025.
The reports did not say whether anyone was arrested in Goronyo or who the weapons were meant for.
Sources: Daily Trust; TVC News
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